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Workshops & Keynote Speaking 

Tailored Workshops & Trainings

We offer dynamic virtual and in-person workshops grounded in equity, cultural responsiveness, and real-world leadership experience. Every engagement is uniquely customized to ensure our curriculum resonates with your organization's specific journey and mission.

Our core curriculum is shaped by the lived experiences of the communities we serve. While you can explore our most requested sessions below, we invite you to co-create a bespoke learning experience designed for your team's unique goals and challenges.

Keynote Speaking 

With decades of expertise across nonprofit leadership, fundraising, and advocacy, the Talem team delivers high-impact insights at global and national forums. We lead courageous conversations that dismantle injustice and empower mission-driven organizations to move from intention to measurable impact.

About the Sessions

Engagements range from focused 90-minute workshops to comprehensive full-day deep dives. To ensure equitable participation and meaningful dialogue, we recommend group sizes of 10–15; for larger audiences, we provide additional facilitators to guarantee every voice is heard and supported.

Ready to collaborate? Contact us to start the conversation.

Mastering Nonprofit Governance

90 minutes | New and prospective board members

Equip board members with a clear roadmap of their legal duties and financial oversight to ensure organizational stability.

Building a Representative Board

90 minutes | Board members, executive leadership, governance committee

Transform board recruitment from a "who you know" model to a values-aligned strategy that reflects community identity.

Recruiting for Longevity

90 minutes | Board members, executive leadership, governance committee

Establish sustainable retention frameworks that move beyond representation to true leadership inclusion and belonging.

Moving Toward Horizontal Leadership

90 minutes | Senior leaders, supervisors, and emerging leaders

Dismantle traditional power hierarchies by adopting culturally diverse, horizontal leadership models that foster shared authority and collective success.

Lead with Intention: The Inclusive Leader Journey

90 minutes | Senior leaders, leadership teams, and emerging leaders

Navigate the inclusive leader continuum to move from awareness to active systems-level advocacy and power-sharing.

Building Trust in Leadership

2 hours | Senior leaders, board members, HR professionals

Operationalize trust by creating clear protocols that balance radical transparency with necessary legal and ethical privacy.

Strategic North Star: Aligning Your Vision and Resources

2 to 4 hours | Board members, executive leadership, and key staff members following strategic planning process

Synthesize diverse perspectives into a unified, actionable strategic compass that directly dictates resource allocation.

The Director's Toolkit: Core Competencies for Impact

Half to full-day session | Supervisors, senior leaders, and executive leadership

Strengthen the technical and cultural core of leadership through integrated financial, evaluative, and advocacy training.

Equitable Talent Pipelines: From Inclusive Hiring to Sustainable Retention

90 minutes | Executive leadership and HR professionals

Implement a data-driven recruitment and retention framework that eliminates bias in selection and fosters long-term career growth for diverse talent.

Thriving Together: Cultivating a Healthy Work Culture

90 minutes | Executive leadership, supervisors, and HR professionals

Cultivate a workplace ecosystem where diverse identities thrive through bias-resistant decision-making and open communication.

Values-First Giving: Reframing the Ask

90 minutes | Fundraisers, board members, executive leadership

Disrupt traditional donor-centric power dynamics to build a fundraising model rooted in community equity and shared privilege.

Building a Culturally Responsive Grant Strategy

90 minutes | Fundraisers, grant writers, executive leadership

Modernize grant-seeking strategies to center equity and cultural responsiveness, ensuring institutional funding aligns with community-led missions.

Resilient Revenue: Navigating Change with Confidence

90 minutes | Fundraisers, board members, executive leadership

Develop a resilient, crisis-ready revenue strategy that prioritizes donor transparency and mission-critical pivots.

Words into Action: Inclusive Storytelling for Impact

2 hours | Communications staff, fundraisers, executive leadership

Master the art of ethical storytelling that centers community agency and eliminates "othering" in external messaging.

Mastering Culturally Grounded Giving

2 hours | Fundraisers, board members, executive leadership

Deconstruct traditional "one-size-fits-all" fundraising to honor and activate the diverse giving traditions and historical philanthropy of non-White communities.

Defining Inclusivity: A Custom Roadmap for Your Team

90 minutes or 4 hour working session | Staff, board, and HR professionals

Co-create a localized definition of inclusivity and a measurable action plan tailored to your specific community impact.

Breaking the Binary: Systems for Gender Equity

2 sessions | 90 minutes each | Staff, board, and HR professionals

Move beyond binary awareness to operationalize gender equity through systemic policy changes and active allyship that protects and celebrates all identities.

Interrupting Bias in Real Time

90 minutes | All-staff sessions, affinity groups, or board trainings.

Cultivate a workplace culture of radical accountability where team members are equipped to identify, name, and dismantle bias in real-time.

Sustainable Impact: The Radical Act of Self-Care

90 minutes | Staff, board, and leadership teams

Embed wellness into the organizational fabric by normalizing boundary-setting and radical self-advocacy as professional standards.

Mobilizing for Collective Change

90 minutes | Program staff, organizers, and fundraisers

Transform community engagement into a primary lever for change by operationalizing theories of collective power and shared leadership.

Beyond Compliance: Embedding Equity into the Organizational DNA

2 hours | Senior leaders, board members, HR professionals

Move from symbolic gestures to systemic integration by designing community-centered programs that eliminate gaps in representation and service.

Authentic Resilience: Leading Through Systemic Barriers

90 minutes | Senior leaders, board members, HR professionals

Master strategies for authentic leadership that center community values while navigating and dismantling systemic exclusion and discrimination.

Global Speaking and Facilitation 

The Talem team delivers high-impact insights on equity, justice, and leadership at premier national and international forums. We are honored to have partnered with the following organizations:

American Muslim Community Foundation Social Impact Accelerator

California Department of Veterans Affairs (CALVET) Leadership Summit and Professional Education Series

Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training (GIFT) Conference

RTX - Raytheon

Virginia Fundraising Institute Conference

Annual Symposium on the Conservation and Biology of Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles

Canadian National Railway Company (CN)

Leadership Women's Leadership America Program

The Masterminds Series by DonorSearch

Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP)
ICON & LEAD Conferences
VA, D.C., and NM Chapters

Coalition on Adult Basic Education (COABE) Conference

National Organization of Veterans' Advocates (NOVA) Conference

The Real Real

Association of Philanthropic Counsel (APC) Conference and Professional Education Series

Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) Annual Summits

Navy Federal Credit Union

USAA

Fee Structure

Our fees are straightforward, transparent, and agreed upon in writing before we begin. We operate on a fixed project fee or monthly retainer basis to ensure predictable budgeting for your organization. All agreements can be cancelled with 30 days written notice. Approved reimbursables are billed monthly at cost. We do not work on a percentage, commission, or contingency basis. ​Learn why here.

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